Bawden, Ravilious & More: Busy Times in 2018
Eric Ravilious, Vicarage in Winter, 1935, private collection I would like to say that it's All Systems Go here in south Bristol, but it's hard to get moving in January, isn't it? It's cold and the sky...
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Eric Ravilious, Fairey Battle, 1942 As you may have gathered, I'm currently putting together the catalogue raisonne (can't seem to do accents on this!) of Ravilious watercolours. This will form the...
View ArticleRavilious & Bawden in the Snow
Eric Ravilious, Halstead Road in Snow, 1935, private collection So far I've resisted posting photos of the current Snowmageddon anywhere, mostly because I live in Bristol and we have about a...
View ArticleAre You Sitting Comfortably?
A bug's life... photo by Tim Mainstone Out very soon from the Mainstone Press, 'Are You Sitting Comfortably?' will take armchair travellers on an extraordinary journey. Edward Bawden grew up wanting...
View ArticleEdward Bawden at the All Saints Arts Festival
Edward Bawden, The Showboat at Baghdad, 1944 Quick diary date... on 25 May I'm giving my lecture 'Edward Bawden: Artist & Adventurer' at the inaugural All Saints Festival in Maldon, Essex. Is that...
View ArticleArtist Couples Exhibition comes to Bristol!
© 1961 estate of Vanessa Bell, courtesy Henrietta Garnett. Photo credit: RWA (Royal West of England Academy) For the past three years I've been working with director Alison Bevan and the curatorial...
View ArticleHokusai and Hiroshige in Bristol
Hokusai, Fine Wind Clear Morning, 1830-32 If you happen to be in Bristol this autumn I recommend a visit to the exhibition of woodblock prints by Hokusai and Hiroshige at the Bristol Museum and Art...
View ArticleGawain Again
Three years ago I began working with Clive Hicks-Jenkins and Dan Bugg on a new project: to create a set of prints devoted to 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'. Clive loved Simon Armitage's translation...
View ArticleA Dance to the Music of Time
Nicolas Poussin, A Dance to the Music of Time, c1635, Wallace Collection For a long time I've been meaning to re-read Anthony Powell's waltz through the 20th century, and now I have the perfect...
View Article50 50: Barbara Jones
Barbara Jones, The Resort, 1950 A time traveller visiting mid-20th-century Britain would discover a painted world. Restaurants, department stores, schools and hospitals were filled with murals painted...
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View this post on Instagram Minimalist advert? A post shared by James Russell (@jamesrussell66) on Jan 10, 2019 at 8:56am PST
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View this post on Instagram Walking the tightrope... #paulklee A post shared by James Russell (@jamesrussell66) on Jan 13, 2019 at 2:37am PST
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View this post on Instagram Ramblers at Westbury, June 1937, photo Reuben Saidman #whitehorse A post shared by James Russell (@jamesrussell66) on Nov 20, 2018 at 11:54pm PST
View ArticleIn Relation: Laura & Harold Knight
Harold Knight, Laura Johnson aged 14,1891 (RA) When she died in 1970, at the age of ninety-two, Dame Laura Knight RA was the epitome of a national treasure – an establishment figure whose art was...
View ArticleIn Relation: Eric Ravilious & Tirzah Garwood
Tirzah Garwood, Hornet and Wild Rose, 1940s (Towner Gallery) The story of Eric Ravilious and Tirzah Garwood began in 1925 when the 22-year old Ravilious returned to his boyhood home to teach at the...
View ArticleSymposium - An Outbreak of Talent
Paul Nash photographed by Lance Sieveking, 1924 “Ten years ago I was teaching at the Royal College of Art. I was fortunate to be there during an outbreak of talent, and can remember at least eight men...
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View this post on Instagram Dreamers and wanderers have always loved paths... Eric Ravilious 'Chalk Paths' 1935 . #ericravilious #landscape #chalk #20thcenturyart #modernbritishart #watercolor...
View ArticleNEWSFLASH!! 'Reflection' at Ferens Art Gallery opens August!
Eric Ravilious, Rye Harbour, 1938 (Ingram Collection)
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